Some patients were given opioids and others were given other medicines such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen. The study lasted for one year and the participants were around the age of 50 years old. Participants mostly complained about back pain being and other 35 percent said pain was hip or knee osteoarthritis pain. In the end researchers recorder their results asking them on a 10 point pain scale on how they were doing when taking the drugs. For the people taking the opioids at beginning of the year they rated their pain at 5.4 and at the end of the year 3.4. When taking other drugs people said their pain started at 5.5 and at the end 3.3. In the end with the intensity of pain using other drug had a slightly better difference with the lest pain at the end of the year compared to
Some patients were given opioids and others were given other medicines such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen. The study lasted for one year and the participants were around the age of 50 years old. Participants mostly complained about back pain being and other 35 percent said pain was hip or knee osteoarthritis pain. In the end researchers recorder their results asking them on a 10 point pain scale on how they were doing when taking the drugs. For the people taking the opioids at beginning of the year they rated their pain at 5.4 and at the end of the year 3.4. When taking other drugs people said their pain started at 5.5 and at the end 3.3. In the end with the intensity of pain using other drug had a slightly better difference with the lest pain at the end of the year compared to